Research results that the majority of the debate over 'Star Wars / The Last Jedi' was induced by Russian vandalism



More than half of the accounts negotiated negotiated on the Internet against Ryan Johnson director of movie " Star Wars / Last Jedi " released in December 2017 are politics not related to the work A paper that reports that it was an active discussion or an activity by a non-human Internet bot has been announced. According to the authors, most accounts developing discussions over "Star Wars / The Last Jedi" were due to Russian vandalism .

(PDF) Weaponizing the haters: The Last Jedi and the strategic politicization of pop culture through social media manipulation.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328006677_Weaponizing_the_haters_The_Last_Jedi_and_the_strategic_politicization_of_pop_culture_through_social_media_manipulation

Much Star Wars: The Last Jedi backlash was politically motivated - Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/2/17927554/star-wars-last-jedi-backlash-study-rian-johnson-trolls-russian-bots-political-far-right

Director Johnson said that he was fiercely repulsed by Twitter from fans who are not satisfied with the content of the movie. Director Johnson seriously responded to the critical criticism twist in the beginning, but since the aggressive tweets are increasing day by day, in June 2018 I blocked some accounts, "Finally the fuckers I blocked it, so it feels so plain. "


Besides Director Johnson, actor Kelly Marie Tran, who played Rose Tico in the play, also stood brunt in the debate about "Star Wars / The Last Jedi", and intense harassment, including discriminatory content, As I received it, I deleted all my posts to Instagram, and quit posting to social media.



Morton Bay, a researcher at the University of Southern California , claimed that the influence from Russia was great in the political discussions held in social media. As part of supporting that claim, we conducted a survey on "Star Wars / The Last Jedi" for controversy against Johnson.

Mr. Bay gathered 967 tweets directly blown by director Johnson from December 13, 2017 to July 20, 2018, and analyzed it. Then, 209 of them turned out to be negative contents. Besides, 50.9% of those 209 cases are involved in political discussions that are not related to the work, and political behavior that is extremely biased from everyday, vandalism, sexism discrimination, racial discrimination, multiple accounts, programs It became clear that it was deployed automatically by the muttering bot.

Mr. Bay comments that many of these accounts appear to be a vandal of Russia. "The use of media coverage spreading conflicts to plant and spread widespread discord and dysfunction in American society is the strategy Russia plays itself," Bae said, "Star Wars / The final Jedi 's argument on social media is claimed to be mischievously emphasized by Russian vandalism.

Coach Johnson received a paper announcement, "What I describe in the overview is consistent with what I experienced on the net." "I will clarify, but this paper is not about fans talking about movie likes and dislikes.I have a wonderful discussion with movie fans.The likes and dislikes of movies are also fandom What I particularly point out in this paper is for malicious harassment on the Internet. "


"There is a tendency that pop culture such as movies and music tends to be used as a means to convey political messages on social media," Mr. Bay argues. Mr. Bay replied to Polygon 's telephone interview, "On social media, it is common to see people involved in pop culture get involved in political discussions.On the day after I published the paper, Rayan When Johnson retweeted it, it was decided by Mr. Jacques Posoviek , a right-wing activist, "It is a foolish and unfounded Russian conspiracy theory." Mr. Posobiek is also tackling a theme that has nothing to do with politics I am a political activist. "

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